The usefulness of Hearing Screening of Newborns for early diagnosis and intervention of cases of moderate hearing loss

• Inoue Rie

  Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University Hospital

• Onuma Sachie

  Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University Hospital

• Hara Yuki

  School of Allied Health Science, Kitasato University

• Suzuki Keiko

  School of Allied Health Science, Kitasato University

• Sano Hajime

  Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University School of Medicine

• Okamoto Makito

  Department of Otolaryngology, Kitasato University School of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 中等度難聴の早期診断・早期療育における新生児聴覚スクリーニング検査の有用性

Abstract

The participants were 9 children who were referred to the Kitasato University Hospital after Newborn Hearing Screening and were diagnosed to have moderate hearing loss (screened children). Twenty-four children with moderate hearing loss who had not undergone Newborn Hearing Screening (non-screened children) were enrolled as the control group? We compared the age in lunar months of the screened and non-screened children at the first audiometry, at the time of fitting of the first hearing aid, at first language acquisition, and so on.<br>The mean age of the infants at the first audiometry was 5.4 months, and that at the time of fitting of the first hearing aid was 11.1 months in the screened children. On the other hand, the mean age at the first infant audiometry was 61.0 months, and that at the time of fitting of the first hearing aid was 63.5 months in the non-screened children. Both the age at the first audiometry and at the time of the hearing aid fitting were significantly lower in the screened children. The interval from the first audiometry to the first hearing aid fitting was 5.7 months in the screened children, while it was 2.5 months in the non-screened children.<br>All the screened children started their first language by the age of 21 months. We need to keep these children under observation to detect signs of possible language retardation.

Journal

• AUDIOLOGY JAPAN

  AUDIOLOGY JAPAN 51 (1), 77-82, 2008

  Japan Audiological Society

Keywords

• General Medicine

Details

• CRID: 1390001204840887552
• NII Article ID: 10021300207
• NII Article ID: 130003863811
• NII Book ID: AN00000347
• DOI: 10.4295/audiology.51.77
• ISSN: 18837301
• ISSN: 03038106
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/03038106
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2008150584
• Text Lang: ja
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